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EDUCATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT 


THE MADRAS 

PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT, 1948 

(MADRAS ACT XXIV Ol-' 1948) 

AND 

THE RULES MADE THEREUNDER 


(As modified up to the Iftth November 1953 } 


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[Printed under the aultwcM of the governor of Madras by the Superintendent, 
Government Press, Madras.] 

GOVERNMENT OP MADRAS., 

EDUCATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT 

THE MADRAS PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT, 1948 (MADRAS ACT 
XXIV OP 1948), AND RULES MADE THEREUNDER 

(As modified up to the 15th November 1955.) 


Received the assent of the Governor-General on the 29th January 1949, 
first published in the Fort St. George Gazette on the 8th February 1949.] 

REFERENCES TO PAPERS CONNECTED WITH THE ACT. 

The Madras Public Libraries Act, 1948 (Madras Act XXIV of 1948). 

[For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Fort St. George Gazette , Fart IV- A, dated 
ho 9th December 1947, page 572, for Proceedings in the Assembly, see Madras Legislative 
assembly Debates, Volume IX, pages 599, 007, 619 to 042, Volume XVI, pages 080 to 
19 ; for Report of the Select Committee, see Appendix at pages 749-757 of the Madras 
legislative Assembly Debates, Volume XVI ; for Proceedings in the Council, see Madras 
legislative Council Debates, Volume XIX, pages 619-030 ; for Act, see Fort St. George 
fazette, Fart IV-B, dared 8th February 1949, pages 21 to 28,] 

The Madras Public Libraries {Amendment) Act, 1954 ( Madras Act XXI of 1954). 

[For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Fort St. George Gazette, Fart IV- A, 
iated the 19th May 1954, page 213 ; for Act, see Fort St. George Gazette, Part IV-B, 
ated 25th August 1954, page 12 L] 


TABLE OF CONTENTS, 
Preamble. 


bottoms 

1 Short title, extend and commencement. 

2 Definitions. 

3 State Library Committee and its 

functions. 

4 Appointment and duties of Director, 

3 Constitution of Local Library Authori- 
ties. 

0 Incorporation of Local Library Autho- 
rities. , „ , 

7 Executive Committees and Sub- 

committees of Local Library Autho- 
rities. 

8 Schemes to be submitted by Local 

Library Authorities. 

9 Powers of Local Library Authorities. 


SECTION'S 

10 Vesting of properties in Local Library 

Authorities. 

11 Regulations by Local Library 

Authorities. 

12 Library cess. 

13 Library Fund. 

14 Maintenance of Accounts. 

15 Supersession or reconstitution of 

Library Authorities. 

16 Reports and Returns. 

17 Inspection of Libraries. 

18 Power to make rules. 

19 Amendment) of the Prose and Regis- 

tration of Books Act, 1887, in lie 
application to the State, 



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THE MADRAS PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT 1 04s 
MADRAS ACT XXIV OF 1948. 

(As modified up to the 15th November 1955.) 

An Act to ’provide, for the. establishment of public libraries in the Province of 
Madras and the organization of a comprehensive rural and urban librunf 
service therein. 

Whereas it inexpedient to provide for the establishment of public libraries 
and the organization of a comprehensive rural and urban library service, 
in the Provi ,co of Madras ; It is hereby enacted as follow s : ' 


Preliminary'. 


{Short title, extent 
and commence- 
ment. 


1. (1) This Act may be called the Madras Public 
Libraries Act, 1948. 


(2) It extends to the whole of the 1 State of Madras. 


(3) This section shall come into force at once ; and the rest of this 
Act shall come into force on such date as the. (Government may, by 
notification, appoint. 


Definitions. , Act, unless there is anything repugnant in. 

the subject or context — 

» 

(1) • aided library ’ means a library declared by the Director to be 
eligible for aid from the Government ; 

(2) ‘Director’ means the Director of Public Libraries appointed 
under section 4 ; 

(3) ‘ district ’ means a revenue district ; 

(4) ‘ Government ’ means the 2 State Government. ; 

(5) ‘notification’ means a notification published in the Fort 
St. George Gazette ; 

(6) ‘ prescribed 5 means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; 

(7) 1 1 State ’ means the 1 State of Madras ; 

, J 8 ) ' Public library ’ means a library established or maintained 

by a Local Li oral y Authority, and includes the branches and delivery 
stations of such a library ; and 

(&) « year ’ means the financial year. 


x This word 

1950 . 


was mb Minted for the ward “ Province " by Mm Adaptation Ordor of 


a This word was substituted tor the 
oflOfiO. 


word 4 * Provinoinl M by tin* Adaptation OrcUir 



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The 1 [State] Library Committee. 


3. (1) A 1 State Library Committee shall be constituted by the 
" State Library Government for the purpose of advising them on such 
iteftmotions. aiM * matters relating to libraries as they may refer to it. 


(2) The Committee shall be constituted in such manner, and shall 
exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be prescribed. 


The Director and his Duties. 

4. The Government shall appoint a Director of 
dutwsof Directdi-!' Public Libraries for the 2 State, and he shall, subject 
to their control — 

(a) manage the central library, being a library constituted by the 
Government as the central library or an existing Government library 
recognized by them as the central library, together with the branches of 
such library. 

(ft) superintend and direct all matters relating to public libraries ; 

(c) declare, in accordance with the rules made under this Act. what 
libraries are eligible for aid from the Government and superintend and 
direct all matters relating to such libraries ; 

(d) superintend and control the work of all Local Library Authorities 
under this Act ; 

(e) submit to the Government every year a report on the working of 
libraries under this Act in the previous year ; and 

( / ) perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as are 
imposed or conferred by this Act or the rules made thereunder. 

Looal Library Authorities. 

f>. (1) For t he purpose of organizing aird administering public libraries 
Constitution of in the 8 State, there shall be constituted Local 
Local Library Library Authorities, one for the City of Madras and one 
Authorities. for each district. 

(2) The Local Library Authority for the City of M adras shall consist 

of — 

(a) three members elected by ( lie Corporation of Madras ; 

(ft) eight members nominated by the Government, of whom — 

(i) three shall be office-bearers of libraries situated in the City of 
Madras and recognized in this behalf by the Government, 

(ii) two shall be headmasters or headmistresses of high schools 
in the City of Madras, and 

(iii) one shall be the principal of a college in the City of Madras ; 
(c) the holder for the time being of an office which the Government 

may, from time to time, specify in this behalf. 

J This wo itl whs substituted for the word “ Provincial ” by the Adaptation Order 
of 1950. . ... 

s This word whs substituted for the word “ Province by ibid. 

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(3) The Local Library Authority for each district shall consist of — 

(a) ten members nominated by the Director, of whom — 

(i) three shall be office bearers of libraries situated in the district 
and recognized in this behalf by the Government, and 

(ii) five shall be headmasters or headmistresses of high schools 
or principals of colleges in the district ; 

(b) one member elected by the district board, and where there are 
two or more disti’ict boards in the district, one member elected by each 
such district board ; 

(c) such number of members as may be elected by the presidents 
of the panchayats in the district, the presidents of the panchayats in each 
taluk electing one member ; 

(d) such number of members as may be elected by the municipal 
councils in the district, each municipal council electing one or more 
members in accordance with the following scale : — 

Municipalities with a population — 

Nmnbor of 
juiM-nberw- 

Not exceeding one lakh . . . . . . . . One. 

Exceeding one lakh but not exceeding two lakhs. Two. 

Exceeding two lakhs . . . . . . . . Three. 

(e) the holder for the time being of an office which the Government 
may, from time to time, specify in this behalf. 

(4) The member referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (2) or in 
clause (e) of sub-section (3), as the ease may be, shall be the Secretary of 
the Local Library Authority concerned. 

(5) Eveiy Local Library Authority shall elect one of its members 
to be its Chairman. 

(6) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (8), the term of office of a 
nominated or elected member of a Local Library Authority shall bo t hree 
years from the date of his nomination or election, as the ease may be. 

(7) A vacancy in the office of a nominated or elected member of a 
Local Library Authority occurring otherwise than by efflux of time shall 
be filled by nomination or election in accordance with the provisions of 
sub-section (2) or sub-section (3), as the case may bo, and the person 
nominated or elected to fill the vacancy shall, subject to the provisions of 
sub-section (8), hold office only for the remainder of the term for which 
the member whose place he takes was nominated or elected. 

(8) A member nominated in his capacity as the holder of a particular 
office shall, if he ceases to be the holder of that office, cease to be 
a member of the Local Library Authority. 

(9) No act of a Local Library Authority shall be doomed to bo 
invalid by reason only of the existence of any vacancy in, or any defect 
in the constitution of, that Authority. 

(10) Members of Local Library Authorities shall be eligible for 
re-nomination or re-election. 



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to 

submitted by L ocal 
Library Authorities 


6. Every Local Library Authority shall be a body corporate, by the 

Incorporation, of 113,1316 ^ 6 31631 f° r which it is constituted, shall have 

Local Library perpetual succession and a common seal and aha-ll be 
Authorities. vested with the capacity of suing or being sued in its 

corporate name, of acquiring, holding or transferring property, movable or 
immovable, of entering into contracts and of doing all things necessary, 
proper or expedient for the purposes for which it is constituted. 

7 . ( 1 ) A Local Library Authority may appoint an executive committee 
Executive Com- consisting of such number of its members, not exceeding 

mitteos anti Sub- seven, as it may deem fit and delegate to such com- 
Library Authorities! mifctee or any of its powers or duties under this Act. 

(2) A Local Library Authority may also from time to time appoint 
sub-committees to enquire into and report or advise on any matters 
which it may refer to them. 

8. (1) As soon as possible after a Local Library Authority is consti- 
SehomoR to bo tuted, and thereafter as often as may be required by 

the Director, every Local Library Authority shall, and 
whenever it considers it necessary so to do a Local 
Library Authority may, prepare a scheme for establishing libraries and 
for spreading library service within its area and submit it to the Director 
for sanction. The Director may sanction it with such modifications and 
additions, if any, as he may think fit and the Local Library Authority 
shall give effect to the scheme as so sanctioned by him. 

(2) The Director may suo molu or on application by the Local 
Library Authority concerned modify any scheme sanctioned under 
sub-section (1) or replace it by a new scheme. 

Libraj^AuthoritSi 1 ^ ^ oca ^ library Authority may — 

(a) provide suitable lands and buildings for public libraries and also 
the furniture, fittings, materials and conveniences requisite therefor ; 

(b) stock such libraries with books, periodicals, newspapers, maps, 
works and specimens of art and science, lantern slides, cinema reels and 
any other thing suitable for their purpose ; 

(c) employ from time to time such staff as it considers necessary, 
for such libraries ; 

(d) with the previous sanction of the Government, close or 
discontinue any public library or ohange the site thereof ; 

1 [(e) accept, with the previous sanction of the Director or the 
Government, any gift of books, or with the previous sanction of the 
Government, any other gift or endowment for any purpose connected 
with its activities ;] 

(/ ) provide for lectures and the holding of classes ; and 

(g ) in general, do everything necessary to carry out the provisions 
of this Act. 

Vesting Of pro. 10. ^ property, movable and immovable, acquired 
parties in Local or held for the purpose of any public library in any area 
Library Authorities. 6 hall vest in the Local Library Authority of that area. 

1 Substituted by section 2 of the Madras Public Libraries (Amendment) Act, 1954 
(Madras Act XXI of 1954), 




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11. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made t here- 
under, a Local Library Authority may make regulations 
Regulations by g ener aliy to carry out the purposes of this Act, and, 
Authorities. Ll ^ without prejudice to the generality of this power, such 
regulations may provide fox’ — 

(a) the admission of the public to public libraries ill its area on 
such conditions and on payment of such fees as it may specify ; 

(b) requiring from persons desiring to use such libraries any 
guarantee or security against injury to, or misuse, destruction or loss of 
the property of such libraries ; 

(c) the manner in which the property of such libraries may be 
used and the protection of such property from injury, misuse, desi ruction, 
or loss ; and 

(d) authorizing its officers and servants to exclude or remove 
from any such library any person who contravenes or fails to comply 
with the provisions of this Act or the rules or regulations made 
thereunder. 

(2) The Government may, in tlieir discretion, modify or cancel any 
regulation made by a Local Library Authority under sub •section (1) : 

Provided that before modifying or cancelling any regulation, the 
Government shall give the Local Library Authority concerned 
a reasonable opportunity to make its representations in the matter. 


Financk ani> Accounts. 


Madras 
Act IV of 
19X9* 
Madras 
Act V of 
1920* 
Madras 
Act XIV 
of 1920. 


12. (1) (a) Every Local Library Authority shall levy in its area a 
library cess in the form of a surcharge on the property 
Library cess. ^ax or house tax levied in such area under the Madras 
City Municipal Act, 1919, the Madras District Municipalities Act, 15)20, 
or the Madras Local Boards Act, 1920, as the case may be, at the rate of 
six pies for every whole rupee in the property tax or house tax so levied. 

(b) A Local Library Authority may, with the previous sanction 
of the Government and shall, if so directed by them, increase the rate 
specified in clause {a). 


(2) The cess levied under sub-section (1) shall be collected— 

(a) in the City of Madras, by the Corporation of Madras ; 

(b) in an area within the jurisdiction of a municipal council, by 
the municipal council ; 

(c) in an area within the jurisdiction of a panchayut, by the 
panchayat ; and 

(d) in an area in a district not included within the jurisdiction 
Madras of a municipal council or a panchayat, by the district board 

mv? ° f ^ cess were a property tax or house tax payable under the Madras 

Madras City Municipal Act, 1919, or the Madras District Municipalities Act, 1920, 
f» 2 o Vof or Madras Local Boards Act, 1920, as the case may be, and all the 
Madras relevant provisions of the said Acts shall apply accordingly : 

* ifaf Provided that the Government may, by notification, direct that for 

• the purposes of the collection of the cess aforesaid, the provisions of the 



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Madras City Municipal Act, 1919, or the .Madras District Municipalities Madras 

Act, 1920, or the Madras Local Boards Act, 1920, as the case may be f 9 0 j fc 9 iy of 

shall apply subject to such modifications as may be specified i n the Madras 

notification. A °t "7 of 

1920. 

(3) The cess collected under sub-section (2) shall be paid oo the Madras 
Local Library Authority concerned by the Corporation of Madras, the 0 / 1920 ^ 
municipal council, the panchayat or the district board, as the case may be. 

13. (1) Every Local Library Authority shall maintain a fund called 

T .. T , , the * Library Fund ’ from which all its expenses under 

Library Kund. ^ ^ s)mU be met . 

(2) There shall be credited to the Library Fund the following sums, 
namely : — 

(<*) The cess collected under section 12, sub-section (2) ; 

(b) contributions, gift, and income from endowments made for 
the benefit of public libraries ; 

(c) special grants which the Government may make for any 
specific purpose connected with libraries ; 

(d) fees, fines and other amounts collected by the Local Library 
Authority under any rules or regulations made under this Act. 

(3) The Government shall contribute to the Library Fund main- 
tained by every Local Library Authority other than the Local Library 
Authority for the City of^Madras, a sum not less than the cess collected 
under section 12, sub-section (2). 

14. (1) An account shall be kept of the receipts and expenses of each 
Maintenance of Local Library Authority. 

accounts. 

(2) The account shall be open to such inspection, shall be subject to 
such audit, disallowance and surcharge and shall be dealt with in all other 
respects in such manner, as may be prescribed. 

is. Notwithstanding any provision in the Act, the Government may. 

Supersession or in Cases wliere the y think is ne Cessary to do SO, 

reconstitution of supersede or reconstitute any Library Authorities 

Library Authorities, constituted under the Act : 

Provided, however, the Government shall give notice to the Authority 
concerned together with the grounds on which they propose to supersede 
or reconstitute and shall consider any explanations that may be offered 
by such Authority. 

Reports, Returns and Inspection. 

16. Every Local Library Authority and every person in charge of a 
public or aided library shall submit such reports and 
Returns* 8 and returns and furnish such information to the Director or 
any person authorized by him as the Director or the 
person authorized may, from time to time, require, 



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17. The Director, or any person authorized by him may inspect any 

public or aided library or any institution attached 
libraiiee C . tl0a ° f thereto f° r purpose of satisfying himself that the 
provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations 
thereunder are duly carried out. 

Rules. 

18. (1) The Government may, by notification, make rules consistent 

Power to make to can 'y out purposes thereof.. 

rules. 

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the 
foregoing power, such rules may provide for — 

(a) all matters required or allowed to be prescribed under this 

Act ; 

(b) the method of conducting the election of members to Local 
Library Authorities and all matters connected therewith ; 

(c) the matters to be included in the scheme referred to in 
section 8 ; 

(d) the maintenance of the minutes of the proceedings of Local 
Library Authorities ; 

(e) the publication of audited statements of the accounts of such 
Authorities and of the reports of the auditors ; and 

(/) a Library Grant-in-aid Code, regulating the Government’s 
aid to, and the declaration, inspection and co-ordination by the Director 
of aided libraries and the standards to be maintained by such libraries. 

Miscellaneous. 

Act xxv Ameiw3ment °? 19. The Press and Registration of Rooks Act, 1807, 

of i$67. ^Registration “of shall, in its application to the '[State] be amended as 
Boo <B Act, 1887, in follows : — 
its application to 
the a [State]. 

(i) In section 9, first paragraph, clause (a) (which relates to the 
delivery to the Government of copies of books by the printer of a press), 
for the words “ one such copy ”, the words “ five such copies ’’ shall be 
substituted. 

(ii) In the same section, in the last paragraph, clause (i), for the 
words “ a copy of the first or some preceding edition of which book has 
been delivered ”, the words “ five copies of the first or some preceding 
edition of which book have been delivered ” shall be substituted. 

(iii) In section 11, for the first sentence, the following sentence shall 
be substituted, namely 

“ Out of the five copies delivered pursuant to clause (a) of tho 
first paragraph of section 9 of this Act, four copies shall be sent to the 
central library referred to in section 4, clause (a), of the Madras Public 
Libraries Act, 1948, and the fifth copy shall be disposed of in such mamnf 
as the 2 [State] Government may, from time to time, determine.” 

1 This word was sabs titutod for the word ** Province ” by* tho Adaptation OrdaTof 
1950. 

* This word was substituted for tho word “ Provincial by ibid, 



THE MADRAS PUBLIC LIBRARIES RULES 


NOTIFICATIONS. 


(O.O. No. 627, Education, dated 28 th February 1950.) 


The Government have decided that the provisions of the Madras Public 
Libraries Act, 1948 (Act XXIV of 1948), he brought into force from 1st April 
1950. The Director of Public Instruction will also be the Director of Public 
Libraries for the time being under section 4 of the Act. 

2. Under section 5 (2) (c) and (3) (e) of the Act, the Government direct that 
the District Educational Officer in the case of a district having only one officer 
and one of the officers selected by the Director of Public Instruction in the case 
of districts having more than one such officer, be a member, convenor 
secretary of the Local Library Authority of the district. 

3. The Commissioner, Corporation of Madras, the Presidents of District 
Boards and the Executive Authorities of municipal councils are informed that 
tho library cess should be collected in pursuance of section 12 of the Act from 
the year 1950-51 and paid to the Local Library Authority. 

4. Tho following notifications will be published in the Fort St. George 
Gazette : — 

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In exorciso of the powers conferred by section 1 (3) of the Madras Public 
Libraries Act, 1948 (Madras Act XXIV of 1948), His Excellency the Governor 
of Madras hereby directs that sections^ 2 to 19 of the said Act shall come into 
force on the 1st April 1950. 

n 

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Madras Public 
Libraries Act, 1948 (Madras Act XXIV of 1948), His Excellency the Governor 
of Madras hereby appoints the Director of Public Instruction, Madras, as the 
Director of Public Libraries with effect on and from the 1st April 1950. 


Ill 

Under section 4 (a) of the Madras Public Libraries Act, 1948 (Madras Act 
XXIV of 1948), His Excellency the Governor of Madras hereby directs that 
with effect on and from the 1st April 1950, the existing Government Library 
known as the Connemara Public Library, Madras, be recognized as the central 
library. This library with the existing staff now employed therein will come 
under the jurisdiction of the Director of Public Libraries from 1st April 1950. 


IV 

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 18 (1) of the Madras Public 
Libraries Act, 1948 (Madras Act XXIV of 1948), His Excellency the Governor 
of Madras hereby makes the following rules : — 


RULES. 

Chaptue I. 

The State Library Committee— Constitution, powers and duties. 

1. (1) These rules may be called the Madras Public Libraries Rules, 1950, 
(2) They shall come into force on the 1st April 1950, 

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1 ° ... 

^2 (i] The State Library Committee (hereinafter referred to as the 
Committee), shall consist of— „ .. 

(i) the Minister in charge of Education (hereinafter referred to as the 

Minister) ; ... 

(ii) the Minis ter in charge of Local Administration ; 

(ii»a) The Secretary to Government, Health, Education and Local 
Administration Department ; 

(iii) the Director of Public Instruction (ex-officio Director of Public 
Libraries, hereinafter referred to as the Director) ; 

(iv) the Special Officer assisting the Director in the administration 
of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the Special Officer) ; 

(v) two persons elected by the State Legislature, one by the members 
of the Legisla tive Assembly and the other by the members of the Legislative 
Council ; 

(vi) one person nominated by each of the Syndicates of (i) the Madras 
University and (ii) the Annamalai University ; 

(vii) one person nominated by each of the executives of (i) tho Madras 
Library Association, (ii) the Kerala Library Association and (iii) the Kannada 
library Association ; 

(viii) one person with special knowledge of matters relating to libraries 
nominated by the Minister ; 

(ix) one person nominated by the Minister from among tho members 
of the Local Library Authority of the City of Madras ; 

(x) two persons nominated by the Minister from among the members 
of the Local Library Authorities of the districts. 

(2) The Minister shall be the President and the Special Officer shall be 
the Secretary of the Committee. 

(3) The Director shall address the Secretary to the Madras Legislature 
for the election of the members to be elected by the Legislature to the 
Committee. The members shall be elected upon a motion to be made in the 
House concerned by the Minister. 

3. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (»), the term of office of a 
nominated or elected member of the Committee, other than an ex-officio 
member, shall be three years from the date of his nomination or election, m 
the case may be. 

(2) A vacancy in the office of a nominated or elocted member of the 
Committee occurring' otherwise than by efflux of time shall be filled by nomina- 
tion or election, as the case may be, and the person nominated or elected to 
fill the vacancy shall hold office only for the remainder of the term for which the 
member whose place he takes was nominated or elected. 

(3) A member nominated in his capacity as the holder of a particular 
office shall, if he ceases to be the holder of that office, cease to be a member 
of the Committee. 

(4) Members of the Committee shall he eligible for re-nomination or 
rc-oleetion. 

(a) The members of the Committee and its sub-committees shall receive 
no remuneration. 



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(6) The Committee or its sub-committee shall be treated of the firsf^SHsi 
(as distinct from committees of the State Legislature) and members of the 
State Legislature and non-official members (including pensioners and those 
paid from non -Government sources) shall draw Travelling Allowance at the 
following rates and on the following conditions : — 

Railway fare . . 1 class + 12 pies per mile. 

Mileage . . . . Six annas a mile. 

Daily allowance . . Its. 10 for each day of attendance at the 

meeting including halt of less thar 
24 hours to attend a meeting. 

Rs. 7-8-0 for each day of attendance at the 
meeting held at the place of residence o: 
the member or within a radius of A vt 
miles of his residence. 

No daily allowance for the day previous or subsequent to the meeting 
of the Committee, 

5 , The Committee shall commence functioning notwithstanding the fact 
that Local Library Authorities have not been constituted or representatives 
of such authorities have not been nominated to the Committee. 

(I, (|) The Oommittea shall meet at such times and in such places as may 
be determined by the Minister. 

(2) Five members will form a quorum. 

(3) in the absence of the Minister, the members present at a meeting 
u f the Committee shall elect a Chairman from among themselves. 

(4) (a) The Committee may Appoint sub-committees to examine special 
problems coming within its purview and to formulate proposals for its 
consideration and to deal with current administration in respect of matters 
comprehended in rule 7. clauses (c), (d), («), to) and (h), 

(h) Such sub-committees may consist solely of members of the 
Committee or solely of non-mem hers who are experts in matters relating to 
libraries or partly of members and partly of such non-members. 

7. The matters in regard to which the Committee may advise the Govern- 
ment, exercise powers or perform duties, are the following : — 

(u) (i) The constitution of the central library and its branches or the 
recognition of an existing Government library together with its branches, 
if any, as such central library and its branches, 

(if) The laying down of the policy for the management of the central 
library including its branches. 

{h) The rules to be framed under section 18 of the Act, 

(c) (i) The encouraging of the employment of trained professional 
staff of different grades for the library system of the State. 

(ii) The maintenance of a register of approved members of the library 
profession of different grades from among whom the professional staff of the 
libraries of the JState may be appointed. 

(iii) The prescription of qualifications, academic and professional, 
needed for the different grades of professional stuff for inclusion in the register 
of approved librarians. 

(iv) The suggestion of standard scales of salary and other conditions 
of service for the different grades of professional staff in libraries. 

(d) The publication of the copy-right list of the State bibliography and 
book selection lists for the benefit of t he libraries of the St ate. 

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(e) (i) The promotion of co-operative classification and cataloguing 
and other forms of co-operation and co-ordination among the libraries of the 
State and of India as a whole. 

(ii) The promotion of standards for library buildings, fittings and 
furniture and for library technique. 

(/) (i) The promotion of production of reference books, adults’ books 
and children’s books suitable for use in libraries. 

(ii) The promotion of production and use of books for the blind. 

(g) The consideration of the schemes submitted by the Local Library 
Authorities. 

(h) The consideration of the stages in which libraries in different ureas 
are to be established. 

Local Library Authorities — Filling up of vacancies in. the ojfio of ntnuln rs. 

8. The Director or the Chairman of the Local Library Authority for the 
City of Madras shall intimate to the Corporation of Madras the existence or 
the occurrence of a vacancy or vacancies in the Local Library Authority 
aforesaid to be filled by the Corporation by election and thereupon the Corpora* 
tion shall elect the required number of members. 

9. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the Local Library Authority for the City 
of Madras to be filled by nomination by the Government, the Chairman of the 
Local Library Authority shall address the Director to fake the necessary 
step to fill it up. 

10. Any vacancy arising under section f* (2) (r) of the Act shall he reported 
to the Director for taking such action as may be necessary. 

11. Tho Director or the Chairman of the Local Library Authority of the 
district shall intimate to the president of the district board, the occurrence 
or the existence of a vacancy in the Library Authority aforesaid to be filled 
by election by the district board. Thereupon the district, board shall elect a 
member to fill up the vacancy. 

12. The Director or tho Chairman of the Local Library Authority of the 
district shall intimate to the District Panehayat Officer or the* Deputy 
Panehayat Officer of the district the occurrence or tie* existence of a vacancy 
or vacancies in the Library Authority aforesaid to be filled by election by the 
presidents of the panchayats in the district. Thereupon the District Panehayat 
Officer or the Deputy Panehayat Officer, as the ease may be. shall make the 
arrangements necessary for such election. The District ’ Panchayaf Officer 
or the Deputy Panehayat Officer, as the cast* may he, shall convene » meeting 
of the presidents of panchayats in the district after giving notice of not less 
than seven days of the meeting specifying the time and place at which the 
meeting will be held. 

13. The Director or the Chairman of the Local Library Authority of the 
district shall intimate to the Chairman of tho municipal council t he occurrence 
or the existence of a vacancy or vacancies in the Library Authority aforesaid 
to be filled by election by the municipal council and thereupon the council 
shall elect the required number of members. 

14. Whenever vacancies occur in the Local Library Authority of a district 
among the ten members nominated by the Director, the Chairman of the 
Local library Authority shall address the Director to take the steps necessary 



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15. Any vacancy arising under section 5 (3) (e) of the Act shall be reported, 

by the Chairman of the Local Library Authority to the Director for taking- 
such action as may be necessary. . 

16. (1) The election of members to the Local Library Authority to be made 
by the Corporation of Madras or a district board or municipal council shall 
be by ballot at a meeting held for the purpose by the body concerned. 

(2) The election of one member to the Local Library Authority to be 
made by the presidents of the panchayats in each taluk in tho district shall be 
by ballot at a meeting of the presidents concerned : 

Provided that — 

(a) if there is only one panehayat in the taluk, the president of that 
panchayat shall nominate a candidate and the candidate so nominated shall 
be declared to be duly elected ; 

if there are two or three panchayats in a taluk, a meeting of the 
presidents of these panchayats shall be convened at which these presidents 
shall, after due deliberation among themselves choose a candidate and the 
candidate so chosen shall bo declared to be duly elected ; and 

(c) if the presidents are unable to agree among themselves as to the 
candidate to be chosen, lots shall be drawn in the presence of the District 
Panchayat Officer or the Deputy Panchayat Officer as the case may be and the 
candidate whoso name is thus drawn shall be declared to be duly elected. 

(3) The quorum for tho meeting for the election of one member to the 
Local Library Authority by the presidents of the panchayats in a taluk shall 
be one-third of the total number of presidents. 

Chapter II. 

Libraries eligible for aid. 

17. The Director shall maintain a register of aided libraries. 

18. The following are the conditions determining eligibility for entry in 
the register of aided libraries, namely : — 

(1) Tho library shall be kept open free of charge to the public of the , 
locality for consultation of reading and kindred materials within the premises 
without any restriction except those relating to proper behaviour, public 
health and conformity to the rules of the library which have received the . 
approval of the Director. 

(2) The library shall be kept open for use by the public for not less than . 
30 hours in a week, shall have a minimum average daily attendance to be fixed 
by the Director, shall be located in a place accessible to all communities and 
shall not bo removed to any place inaccessible to any community without the 
previous sanction of the Director. 

(3) The library shall have books and not merely newspapers and current 
periodicals. 

(4) The indents for books, magazines and journals to be purchased, 
for libraries, shall receive the prior approval of the Local Library Authority. ; 
The books, magazines and journals to be purchased shall conform to the 
requirements mentioned below : ■ 

(a) They shall be of general interest and of cultural value. 

(b) The books, if they are stories or novels, shall be by standard 
authors and shall not be in doubtful taste, 



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THE MADRAS PUSHTO LIBRARIES RULES 


(e) Books, magazines and journals abusing communities or religions 
shall not be purchased. 

(d) Books, magazines and journals which are in doubtful taste or which 
contain undesirable pictures shall not be purchased. 

(5) A separate register for books and for members shall be maintained 
in each library. 

(6) The library shall lend books for uso outside the library premises 
on conditions approved by the Director and the number of books so lent 
in a year shall not be less than a minimum to bo fixed by fcho Director. 

(7) The library shall have an adequate staff to administer its affairs 
according to the standard fixed by the Director. 

(8) The library shall be located in a building of its own with the necessary 
fittings and furniture to the satisfaction of the Director, who shall give advice 
about the standards required in each case. 

(9) The library if it is one maintained by a gramasangnm or a private 
agency, in a village with a population of over 5,000 or in an urban area shall 
have a capital fund of Rs. 2,000 and a minimum annual income of lis, 200 
derived from capital fund and other sources taken together but excluding the 
Government grant. 

Notb. — ( 1) A lilirary maintained by a panohayat or a co-operative society will 
not come within the scope of this rule. 

(2) Any existing library which docs not have tl e capital fund of Its. 3,000 and 
a minimum annual in oma of Rs. 20ft d rivod from the Cup tal fund and other source# 
taken together excluding the Government grant shall bo allowed a p* nod of five years 
from 1st April 1953 to raise the same : 

P ovided that this clause shall not apply to any library maintained i.y the 
Corporation of Madras or by any municipal council, district board or ponctmyat or by 
a oo-operative society. 

(10) The library shall be owned and managed by a body approved by the 
Director or a person authorized by him and the copy of its constitution and 
by-laws shall be filed with the Director or the person aforesaid. 

19. The following are the conditions for retention of the name of a library 
in, the register of aided libraries from year to year, namely : — 

(1) There shall be no deterioration in the standards and conditions 
approved at the time of entry in the register. 

(2) The Director or his agents shall bo allowed to inspect the library, 
from time to time, in order that the Director may satisfy himself that the 
standards and conditions of eligibility are being maintained. 

(3) Periodicals and ad hoe returns and reports shall be submitted at such 
times and incorporating such information as may be required by the Director. 

(4) The library building and other immovable property of the library 
or its capital fund shall not be alienated without the sanction of the Director 
and without the same being replaced to an extent equal in value to the 
satisfaction of the Director, 

(5) All changes in the constitution and by-laws of the body owning the 

library shall be subject to the approval of the Director or a person authorized 
by him and a copy of the same shall be filed with the Director or person 
above said, r 



THU MADRAS PUBLIC LIBRARIES RULES 


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(6) All changes in personnel of the Managing Body shall be reported to 
the Director within one month of the change. 

(7) Each year the annual accounts as audited and certified by an auditor 
approved by the Director shall be submitted to him ; 

Provided that this sub- rale shall not apply any library to which receives 
a Government grant of not less than Rs. 2,000 and the accounts of which are 
inspected and checked by the Deputy Inspector of^Sehoola having jurisdiction. 

20. The aid to be given by the Director may be — 

(1) non-recurring to meet capital expenditure on buildings, furniture 
and fittings ; or 

(2) recurring to meet current expenditure on all or any of the following, 
namely : — 

(a) the purchase of reading and kindred materials ; 

(b) binding and preservation of reading and kindred materials ; 

(c) the payment to the staff ; 

(d) deputation allowance for staff deputed for professional training at 
institutions approved by the Director for the purpose ; 

(e) other office expenses. 

(3) The aid may be both recurring and non-recurring, 

21. (1) Non-recurring grant shall be made on such capital expenditure 
as is made on buildings whose plans and specifications are approved by the 
Director and are erected in accordance with the estimates approved by him. 

(2) The non-recurring grant shall hear such proportion to the actual 
expenditure as is fixed by the Government from time to time, subject to a 
maximum amount determined by the Government in relation to the approved 
estimate. 

22. (1) The recurring grant for a financial year shall be sanctioned by the 
Director on the basis of the expenditure for the preceding financial year as 
shown in the accounts and balance sheet in the report of the approved auditor 
or the Deputy Inspector of Schools as the case may be : 

Provided that the estimated expenditure of the current year .approved 
by the Director may form the basis for the first year in which a library is 
given aid. Any adjustment in the amount of recurring grant for the first 
year that may become necessary on the basis of the actual expenditure for 
the year may be made in the next year. 

(2) The recurring grant shall bear such proportion to the actual 
expenditure as is fixed by the Government from time to time. 


Charter III. 

Financial Rules — General. 

23. All moneys received by the Local Library Authority shall be deposited 
in the nearest Government treasury : 

Provided that the Local Library Authority may, with the sanction 
of the Government for specified reasons, have a current Account with any 
of the local banks approved by Government or with any of the following 
banks, namely : — 

(1) a branch of the Post Office Savings Bank ; 

(2) The Madras State Co-operative Bank ; 



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the MADRAS PU!*r.JC LinKAKIKS i:U»KS 


(3) A Central Co-operative Bank approved by the Ueifinfrar of 
Co-operative Societies, Madras, for the purpose. 

(4) The Imperial Bank of India : 

Provided further that the Local Library Authority may invest any 
sum not required for immediate use in “ fixed deposits " in any of the local 
banks approved by the Government or in any of the banks mentioned in items 
1 to 4 of the preceding proviso or in Government sccurit ics or wit b f he sum f ton 
of the Government in any other security . 

24. (a) Ail orders or cheques against the library fund shall he signed by 
the Chairman of the Local Library Authority or by some person duly nut hori/ed 
by him in this behalf. The treasury (or hank) in which the fund is deposited 
shall, so far as the funds to the credit of the Local Library Authority admit, 
pay all orders or cheques against the fund which are ho signed. 

(6) In cases where the Chairman of the Loch 1 Library Ant hority has ceased 
to be a member of that Authority, the Secretary of t lie laical Library Authority, 
if he is also the District Educational Officer of the district may. if so aut horised 
by the Director, sign orders and cheques against the library fund to meet t he 
expenditure relating to the day-to-day administration of the Authority and 
the libraries under its management. 

24- A. The Local Library Authority shall submit to the 1 lintel or by Out 
1st February of every year, its budget estimate of receipts and expenditure 
in the Form appended to these rules and the Director shall serutmiao and 
approve the estimates with or without modification*. 

Audit , surcharge and dixaUmmmr* 

25. (1) The Local Library Authority shall submit nil account h to auditors 
as required by them. 

(2) The auditors may— 

(i) in writing, require the production of any book, deed, contract » 
account, voucher, receipt or other document the perusal or examination of 
which they consider necessary ; 

(ii) in writing require any person who has tin* custody or control of 
any such document or who is accountable for it to appear in person before 
them ; 

(iii) require any person so appearing to make and sign a. declaration 
with respect to such document or to answer any question or to prepare am! 
furnish any statement relating thereto. 

26. The auditors shall — 

(1) report to the Local Library Authority any material impropriety 
or irregularity which they may observe in the expenditure, or recovery of 
moneys due to the Local Library Authority or in the accounts ; 

(2) furnish to the Local Library Authority such information as it may 
require concerning the progress of their audit ; 

(3) report to the Local Library Authority any loss or waste of money 
or other property owned by or vested in the Local Library Authority caused 
by neglect or misconduct, with the names of persons, directly or indirectly, 
responsible for such loss or waste ; and 

(4) submit to the Local Library Authority a final statement of the 
audit and a copy thereof to the Director within a period of three months from 
the end of the financial year, or within such other period as the Government 
may from time to time notify. 



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17 


27. (i) The Local Library Authority shall forth with remedy any defects 
or irregularities that may be pointed out by the auditors and report the same 
to tho Director and to Government. 

(ii) The Director shall submit to Government for their information 
within three months of the receipt of reports referred to in sub-rule (1 ) a consult* 
dated review of reports with special reference to the irregularities and special 
features if any noticed in audit anti the action taken to remedy them. 

28. The auditors may disallow every item contrary to law and surcharge 
the same on the person making, or authorizing the making of. the illegal 
payment : and may charge against any person responsible therefor the amount 
of any deficiency, loss or unprofitable outlay incurred by the negligence or 
misconduct of that person or of any sum which ought to have been but is not 
brought into account by that person and shall, in every such case, certify tho 
amount due from such person. 

29. Tho auditors shall state in writing tho reasons for their decision in 
respect of every disallowance, surcharge or charge. 

30. Every sum certified to be duo from any person by the. auditors under 
tho Act, shall be paid by such person to the Local Library Authority within 
fourteen days from the date of inlimat ion by the Chairman of the said Authority 
to such person of the decision of the auditors unless within that time he has 
appealed to the Government against the decision ; and such sum if not so paid, 
or such sum as the Government shall on appeal declare to be duo, shall be 
recoverable by the Local Library Authority. 

31. Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules the Government 
may at any time direct that the recovery of t he whole or any part of tho amount 
certified to be due from any person by auditors under this Act shall be waived 
if in their opinion such a course is necessary considering all the circumstances 
of the case. 


Chapter IV. 

Mode of transacting business. 

32. The Local Library Authority shall provide an office and shall meet 
therein or at any centre in the district which may be decided upon by the 
Chairman for the transaction of business as often as may be necessary,' upon 
such days and at such times as it may arrange and also at other times as 
often as a meeting shall be called by the Chairman. 

33. The Chairman shall, on the requisition in writing of not less than one- 
third of the members then on the Local Library Authority convene a meeting 
of the said authority provided that the requisition specifies the day when and 
the purpose for which the meeting is to be held. The requisition shall be 
delivered at the office of the Local Library Authority during office hours to 
the Chairman, Secretary, or any other official in charge of the office of the Local 
Library Authority at least ten clear days before the day of the meeting. In 
case the Chairman fails to comply with the requisition the members who signed 
the requisition may summon a meeting of the Local Library Authority and 
hold it if there is the required quorum, electing one among themselves as the 
Chairman. 

34. Every meeting of the Local Library Authority shall be presided over 
by the Chairman and in his absence by a member chosen by the meeting to 
preside for the occasion. 



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35. All meetings of the Local Library Authority shall Ik* open to tlw* public : 

Provided that the presiding member may ami, at t he requot • of the Local 
Library Authority, shall in any particular ease, for reasons t<> be recordi d in 
the minute book kept under rule 40, direct that the public generally, or any 
particular person, shall withdraw : 

Provided further that any of the District Educational Officer.*) in the 
district if that district has more than one District Eduenfionnl Officer or the 
Special Officer for Education, Pudukkottai, in respect of the Tirwhirappalli 
district shall not be directed to withdraw under the provisions of the fmcgt ting 
proviso. 

36. All questions which may come before the Local Library Authority at any 
meeting shall be decided by a majority of the members present and voting 
at the meeting and, in every case of equality of votes, the presiding member 
aba.ll have and exercise a second or casting vote. 

37. No business shall be transacted at a meeting, unless (hero be present 
at least six members or, if the number of members then on the Local Library 
Authority exceeds sixteen, at least one-third of that manlier. 

38. (i) If within half an hour after the time appointed for a meeting, a 
quorum is not present, the meeting shall stand adjourned, unless nil the mem hi m 
present agree to wait longer. 

(ii) Subject to the provisions of sub-rule |iii) a member of n Local Library 
Authority shall cease to hold his office if he absents himself from three eonse- 
eutive meetings reckoned from the date of the commencement of his term 
of office or of the last meeting which be attended : 

Provided that no meeting from which a member absents himself ahull be 
counted against him under this rule, if due notice of that meeting was not 
given to him. 

(iii) When a person ceases to be a member under sub-rule (ii), the Elmir- 
man shall at once intimate the fact in writing to such person and report tin* 
same to the Local Library Authority at its next meeting. If such a person 
applies for restoration mo motu to the Authority on or before the date of its 
next meeting or within 15 days of receipt by him of such intimation, the Autho- 
rity may at its meeting next after the receipt of such application restore him 
to his office of member : 

Provided that a member shall not be so restored more than t wiee during 
his term of office. 

39. No resolution of the Local Library Authority shall bn modified or 
cancelled within three months after the passing thereof except «f. a meeting 
specially convened in that behalf and by a resolution of the Local Library 
Authority supported by not less than one-half of t he sanct ioned number of 
members. 

40. Minutes of the proceedings at each meeting of the Local Library Aid ho- 
rity shall bo drawn up and entered in a book to be kept for that purpose * 
and shall be signed by the presiding member or in his absence |, v some one of 
the members present thereat ; and the said minute shall, at id! reasonable 
times and without charge, bo open at the office of the Local Library Authority 
to the inspection of any person who pays any cess under this Act in the sailt 
area. 

41. The proceedings of every committoo appointed by the Locni Library 

Authority shall be recorded in writing and submitted to the Local Library 
Authority* * 



THE MADRAS* WWAC LIBRARIES RI LES IS 

42* (1) The duties of the ('’hairmnn of the Loral Library Authority shall 
he as follows 

(a) Ho shall preside over nil the meetings of the Local Library 
Authority. 

(h) He shall extreme genera! control over the Local Library Authority. 

(rj He shall also exercise control over the uppumtutenfs in the libraries 
under his jurisdiction for which suitable candidates shall ho obtained from the 
Secretary of the Provincial Library Committee on application, 

(2) The duties of the Secretary of the Local Library Authority shall be 
an follows : — 

The Secretary of the; Local Library Authority shall he the convenor 
for the meetings of tin? said Aut hority, lie shall also be responsible for the 
appointment of the staff* proper control and supervision of the office of the 
Local Library Authority including its fund and shall sign cheques if authorized 
by the Chairman under rule 24 in Chapter HI. 

43. If any difficulty arises in the interpretation or enforcement of these 
rules, the matter Khali he reported to the Director whose decision the icon 
shall be final. 


Chapter V. 

Schemes to be submitted by Local Library AutliorMvs. 

44. Each Local Library Authority shall first prepare and submit to the 
Director a tentative outline scheme giving in skeleton form, a picture of the 
number of main and branch libraries and delivery stations which its area 
should have ultimately, Lm, when the spread of library service reaches its 
fullness. 

45. A tentative outline scheme shall give 1 he following and any other 
relevant information ; — 

(1) a map of each city, i.o„ a locality with a populat ion of 50,000 or 
over* lying within the area with the positions of the main library and branch 
libraries shown by distinctive marks ; 

(2) the basis for the map of each city may be as follows : — 

(a) one main library ; 

(b) a branch library either for each division or for every 25,000 people ; 

(3) a map* of the area of each district, with t he position of each city and 
of tho main and branch libraries and delivery stations to serve the rest of the 
district shown by distinctive marks ; 

(4) tho basis for the map of a rural area, be., the area of a district board 
excluding tho cities lying within it, may be as follows :~ 

(a) one main library m tho minimum and more if the size or shape 
or the terrain of the area demands it* 

(/>) one brands library for each town, i.e., a locality with a population 
between 5,000 and 50,000, and 

(e) a no delivery station for each village, he., a locality with apopulation 
between 1,000 and 5,000 and one for each group of three contiguous hamlets, 
i.e., localities with a population below 1,000 ; 

(5) a tabular statement of the material given in the map under the 
following heads : — 

(a) for each city— 

(i) Division. 

(ii) Area. 



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the habeas tujuhc ubrauiek ihh.es 


(iii) Population. 

(iv) Branch library. 

The last lino to give the total. 

(6) for each district — 

(i) Area. 

(ii) Population. 

(iii) Number of cities. 

I. Total population of the cities. 

II. Number of branch libraries in cities. 

(iv) Number of towns and their total population. 

(v) Balance of the population. 

(vi) Number of villages and their total populat ion. 

(vii) Number of hamlets and their total population. 

(viii) Number of delivery stations, 

(The last line to give the total.) 

46. The Director shall examine the tentative outline scheme of each Local 
Library Authority and approve it with such modification* and additions, 
if any, as he may think fit. He, shall thereafter call for n detailed scheme 
based on the tentative scheme approved by him. On receipt id’ the detailed 
scheme the Director may approve if with or without modification* and shall 
issue instructions in regard to its execution, 

47. The Director shall make report, to the State Library Committee 
in regard to the detailed schemes uppmved by him tinder rule' 4tl whenever 
it meets and consider wherever possible the suggestions made bv it* members. 


APPENDIX. 


PoilM VOK SUBMISSION OS litJUOKT, 


Budget estimate of the 


(See rule 24-A.) 

Local Library Authority far 19*% * 5 


J5T.3. — • Columns v ~/ — v, ^ 
estimated figure for the coming year 


W *?$ (4) wilZfilvo the ^ the current year, Column 0) nil! give the 
, Column (2) ’will give the figure relating to the provings year. 


Head of account. 
( 1 ) 

BKOJGiFjrs* 


Actuals 

for 

(i2) 


Budget Revised 
estimate for Buttmatu for 


<3) 


<4> 


Budget; 
intimate for 

m 


JtxpUna- 
turn for 
variations 

mt 


Ordinary — 

Opening balance 

Library cess 
Contributions and gifts 
Fees, fines and forfeitures . . 


Income from endowments . . 
Other receipts — 

Government grant — 

(i) under section 13 (3) of 
the Public Libraries 
Act. 


(ii) under section 13 (2) 
(o) of the Public 
Libraries Act. 



the mauhah ruuuc umiABim 


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Hml of amwni, 
0> 

-con*. 

Ordinary — scnf. 
Invmimmiin realised 
Advance recovered , . 
Deposit* 

Deduct — 

Refunds 

Amount transferred 
Capital. 

Total* Ordinary 


ArniaU HwIsh itevlmi ttnrliH 

for E*Maiate for Eitiimi# for KmiroM- for 

(-> (a? *4i ir*j 


KxpUn»* 
Ut»a for 
venation*. 

(«) 


to 


Capital- 

Government grant# . . 

Endowments and ocmtribu * 
tfons. 

Loans . . m 

Investment realists! • . 

Other receipts 

AM amounts transferred 
from Ordinary* 

Total, Capita * * 

Total, Ordinary and Capital 

Grand total including Open- 
ing balance. 


HxrKMojTi UK* 

Ordinary — 

KtaiT - 

Pay and allowance 
Contribution to Provident 
Fund or Pension. 

Travelling allowance of— 

(i) Establishment * • 

(ii) Chairman 
< iii) Members 

Contingoiieoa— 

(i) Kent and taxes * « 

(ii) Postage . . 

<iti> Stationery 
(»'v) Printing 

(v) Other Items 

Equipment— 

(i) Purchase of book« and 

periodicals* 

(ii) Furniture and appa- 

ratus. 

(ill) Other items . * 

Repairs to buildings * , 

Contributions .. 



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( 1 ) 



Budget Eevted 
Estimate for Minsk for 

( 3 ) (0 



Ordinary — cowf. 

Interest on and repayment of 
loan. 



Total, Ordinary .. 



Total, Capital « » 


Grand total including Closing 
balance. 


Biplin* 
, iiuii for 
variation*, 




L 1ST OF AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF MADRAS 
GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS* 


IN MADItAS CITY. 

Account Test Institute, rgmore, Madras-8. 

City Book Company, Mat ra»-4. 

Higginbothams* Limited, Madras-2, 

P. VarADAOHARI & CO., Madras- 2. 

The South India Saiva mddhantha Works Publishing Society, Mad roe- i. 
VbnkatraMA <& Co., Madras-!. 

V. Perumal Chbtyy <fe Sons, Madras-1. 

M, Doraxsawmy Mudalxar <fe Co., Madras-!. 
c, Subbaxab CiiETTY & Sons, Madras-5. 

South India Traders, Madras-!*. 

Free Indian Co-operators* Agency, Madras-14, 

Tina Sborbtary, The Central Polytechnic Co-operative Stores, Limited, Madras* l . 
Standby Medical college Students* co-operative Stores, Limited, Madras-!* 

liAMASWAMl SASTR0LU *fc HONS, Madras- 1. 


IN MUFASSAL OF MADRAS STATK. 

Amutha Book Depot, Da.^arpuram Post, Chingleput district. 

Ihb Educational Supi»lir§ Company, Coimbatore ut.S. Puram), Coimbatore district, 
JS, M, Gopalakriskna Konb, Madurai, Madur.il district. 

A . Vbnkatasurban, Vellore, North Arcot district. 

Hajhb K* ft. *A hmed Kunhx «fc Bros., Cannanoro, North Malabar district, 
p. K. BROTHERS, Kozhikode, South Malabar district. 

TIMES MODERN Mart, Salem, Salem district. 

K. Bhoja Kao <fe Co., Mangalore, South Kanara district. 

V. 38*. Shbnoy & Sons, Mangalore, South Kanara district. 

Bharatha Matha Book Depot, Tanjore, Ta«j«>r« district. 

P. N. SWaminathasxvam, Pudukkoitai, Ttruchirappidll district . 

B. KRXSHNASWAMX & Co., Tiruchirappalll district. 

Palanxappa Brothers, Tlruchirappam district. 

3, Ft. Surramania Pxllax, Tirunelveli, TiruuelveU district. 

ARXYU Noolagam, Ootacamund, NHgiria district. 

B. ARUXDOSS, Vitlupuram Town, South Aroot district, 

V. B, Uanbsan, Viilupuram, South Areot district. 

COIMBATORE Sakthi Karyalayam, Coimbatore, Coimbatore district. 

IN OTHER, STATES. 

S. Vktayaraghavan, Nows Agent and Press Correspondent, Karalkal. 

Bharat book Centre, Guntur. 

D. breekbis hnakurthy , Ong<$e, Guntur district. 

M. Seshaobalah & Co., Masulipatnam, Krishna district. 

Hindustan Diary Publishers, Vijayavada, Krishna district, 

The Commercial Links, Governorpct, Vijayavada, Krishna diHj*flfl7|, 

Trivbni Publishers, Maaulipatnam, Krishna district . /*$** 

Sarada Sc Co., Booksellers Vizianagaram. /A * 

VBNKATRAMA & CO„ KUTOOCl. 

Janatha Agencies, Gudur. 

Cambridge Book Depot, Roorkee. 

Jain Book agency. New Beihi-1. 

INTERNATIONAL Book House, Trivandrum. 

Bharat Stores, Ernakulam. 

Saugar Book Stores, Sugar (M.P.), Saugar. 

agknto specially appointed fob thb sale of 

SBI BHABATHIAB’S PUBLICATIONS. 

Ananda Vikatan, Madras-2. 

The Swadbsamitran, Madras-2. 

Srxkagal & Co., Madras-1. 

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